Cooked?Josephines's Special Empanadas
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 4, 2025 →
- address18204 Gale Ave # G, Industry 91748
Is Josephines's Special Empanadas clean?
Josephines's Special Empanadas is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Josephines's Special Empanadas?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
When was Josephines's Special Empanadas last inspected?
Josephines's Special Empanadas has 2 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2024, averaging 92 points.
November 4, 2025 A
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View full inspection →May 21, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Josephines's Special Empanadas vs San Jose Hills
San Jose Hills runs 86% clean across 223 tracked restaurants — 192 clean, 24 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 223 spots Cooked tracks in San Jose Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 55% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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